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| Monday, March 14, 2005 |
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Preparing for evil
The multiple murders at an Atlanta courtroom and a Wisconsin church service Friday and Saturday are stark reminders that evil, crazy people walk in our midst. As Americans, we can either accept the inherent risk of living in a free and open society, or we can be as prepared as possible to defend ourselves, or both.
As is always the case when senseless slaughter temporarily dominates the news, others will propose solutions that include spending more on security and restricting freedom. They will say we need more and better trained police, and more restrictions on firearms.
It wasn't a lack of resources, but extremely poor judgment, that allowed Brian Nichols to overpower a female deputy, take her gun, and kill four people in Atlanta Friday. Nichols came to court with a shank in his shoe just the day before the killings. That should have been enough to make sure he didn't leave his cell again without handcuffs and shackles. It was stupidity, not a lack of security, that unleashed evil in that Atlanta courtroom.
In suburban Milwaukee Saturday, a man that his neighbors knew mainly for the vegetable he grew, opened fire with a 9 mm handgun in a hotel that doubled as church for the Living Church of God, firing 22 shots that killed seven people and wounded four others.
The only hint as to his motive is that the killer, Terry Ratzmann, walked out of a recent sermon "in a huff." He might have been unhappy with the minister. Another person who knew Ratzmann thinks he was about to lose his job as a computer technician. It doesn't matter why he did it. He was mentally unbalanced and he flipped. It can happen any day, anywhere.
Milwaukee could employee two or three times more police, and the seven people would still be dead. You can't assign a government security force to every place of business, worship, and other public gathering where insane people roam free.
We can either accept the risk of existing with such people without knowing who they are, or we can be prepared to defend ourselves when their cork pops in our midst. That boils down to two things. First, more law-abiding, sane people should undergo the necessary training and carry concealed weapons. Second, there should be fewer, not more, restrictions on where concealed weapons can be carried.
Ralph Bristol |
posted by Jack Mercer @ 3/14/2005 09:27:00 AM   |
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